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State College, PA vs Boise City, ID

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- Boise City spends 59.7% less per student than State College.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 44.1% higher in Boise City than in State College. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boise City had 3.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to State College
 State College, PABoise City, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,158  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.37  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor301  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.70.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for State College    27 Reviews

I relocated to State College about 30 years ago. We hadn’t planned to stay this long, but life here is “easy”. Outdoor activities are ample. There are many beautiful  More

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State College is a small "safe" town, you will always see friends, coworkers, physicians, mechanics, supervisors...at the doctor's office, in the store, near your home,  More

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Over 15 years ago

I lived in State College, PA all my life untill 2006 when we finally moved south where it was warmer. State College itself is a fun place to be when it comes to football  More

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Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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